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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Global Telelink Services Inc., Global Contact Corporation

Robert Smith III

ReportedMar 9, 2001
LocationGA
Amount$10,000,000

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Company / entity
Global Telelink Services Inc., Global Contact Corporation
Industry
Telephone gateway switches and call-center workstations sold with lease-back and buy-back agreements
How investors were recruited
Sold through networks of insurance salesmen and financial planners (James Jordan's company and agents such as Sauer and Kerley).
Pitch & red flags
Units sold with lease/back and buy/back agreements; investors not told neither company had operating revenue. Over 300 investors, primarily elderly.

Source

SEC official

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